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Update on voter registration numbers
4:28:51
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Board of Elections officials provide an update on current voter registration numbers and discuss the challenges of maintaining accurate voter rolls.
- Officials estimate approximately 5,300,000 active and inactive registered voters
- The number of registered voters fluctuates due to regular clean-ups and new registrations
- Improved information sharing between counties in New York State has helped eliminate duplicate registrations
- Officials highlight a consent agreement with the Department of Justice that has improved inter-county communication and data sharing
Michael Ryan
4:28:51
I probably do here, but We could get you that number because it's it's it's a it's a fluid process.
Gale A. Brewer
4:28:56
No.
4:28:57
No.
4:28:57
I understand that people move.
4:28:58
They blah blah blah.
Michael Ryan
4:28:59
The one and then what happens is if I do our voter rolls clean up at around this time of year and then the number drops and then it it goes back up.
4:29:09
So it it fluctuates, but I will say this.
4:29:11
I think we're at
Vincent Ignizio
4:29:12
5,300,000 active and inactives, but I I can %, you know, ensure that number
Michael Ryan
4:29:17
is fine.
4:29:17
It's a little it was a little bit lower last week, but irrespective, one of the things that is much better than it had been in the past is the state, number of years ago, signed the consent agreement with the, with the Department of Justice, which has now, stitched together, if you will, all of the counties in New York State.
4:29:40
So we share information much better amongst the individual counties than we did in the past.
4:29:45
So you're seeing a lot less instances of, you know, John Doe being registered in New York City and also registered, in Albany or pick a pick a jurisdiction, and we're communicating much more effectively in that regard, and we're eliminating duplicates.
Gale A. Brewer
4:30:01
Just when people die, how do you because, how do you determine that and get them off the rolls?